When you come to the last of the three biggest races with the winners of the Giro d'Italia and the Tour de France, when already in the 13th stage of the Vuelta you "shake off" the current champion of the Tour of Spain, and in the end three of your cyclists finish on the podium, then it is clear who is by far the best team in the world.
Jumbo Visma, formerly known as Rabobank, a cycling team from the Netherlands, showed its power at the Vuelta a España - so much so that in the end its champions from the Giro and Tour Primož Roglič and Jonas Vingegord did not triumph, but their "water carrier" Sep. Kus.
The story of the Vuelta Jumbo Visma ended this year already in the 13th stage on the way to the legendary ascent of Tourmala in France, when Vingegord celebrated and when the guys from this team left the current champion Remko Evenepul (Soudal Kvik-Step) for more than half an hour behind you.
It was then clear that the first three positions on the victory podium would be occupied by the trio of the Dutch team, all that was left was for Kus, Vingegord and Roglič to decide between themselves who would be the new conqueror of Spain.
Although Kus was the first to pull on the red shirt, it was obvious that Tour de France winner Vingegord and champion Djiro Roglič were better than him in the Vuelta as well, it seemed that it was only a matter of time before they passed him in the general classification, but...
Jumbo decided this time that the champions carry water for the "water carrier".
After Roglič triumphed on one of the most difficult climbs in the world, the famous Angliro in Asturias, and Vingegord practically crossed the finish line with him, the Dane came close to team mate Kus by only eight seconds.
However, the unwritten rule of cycling is that a teammate who is in the lead is never attacked, Vingegord and Roglič then (on the order of the team) pulled the handrail, and Kus touched the stars and won one of the grands for the first (probably the only) time in his career. tour race.
Sporty or not - judge for yourself.
In any case, it will go down in history that all three big races this year were won by Jumbo Visma drivers.
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